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Thermal power plants’ PLF up on rising demand, lower hydro generation

LOS ANGELES - Capacity utilisation levels of coal-based power plants improved in May because of rising demand and lower generation…

Next Offshore Wind in U.S. Can Compete With Gas, Developer Says

WASHINGTON - Massive offshore wind turbines keep getting bigger, and that’s helping make the power cheaper — to the point…

Geothermal Power Plant In Hawaii Nearing Dangerous Meltdown?

HAWAII - If lava reaches Hawaii’s PGV geothermal power plant, it could release of deadly hydrogen sulfide gas. That’s the…

Air Conditioning Related Power Usage Set To Create Power Shortages In Many States

DALLAS - U.S. Air conditioning related electricity usage will break records and may cause blackouts in Texas this summer. Power…

Roads Need More Electricity: They Will Make It Themselves

BEIJING - As more and more capabilities are added to roads instead of simply covering a country with extra roads,…

Denmark's climate-friendly electricity record is incinerated

COPENHAGEN - Denmark’s low ranking in the latest figures from Eurostat regarding climate-friendly electricity, which places the country in 32nd…

In Europe, A Push For Electricity To Solve The Climate Dilemma

LONDON - The European Union has one of the most ambitious carbon emission reduction goals under the global Paris Agreement…

Brazilian electricity workers call for 72-hour strike

BRASILIA - Brazil's national electricity workers' collective (CNE) has called for a 72-hour strike to protest the privatization of state-run electric…

South Australia rides renewables boom to become electricity exporter

MELBOURNE - The politics may not change much, but Australia’s electricity grid is changing before our very eyes – slowly…

Consumer choice has suddenly revolutionized the electricity business in California. But utilities are striking back

LOS ANGELES - Nearly 2 million electricity customers in California may not know it, but they’re part of a revolution.…

National Energy Board hears oral traditional evidence over Manitoba-Minnesota transmission line

WINNIPEG - Concerned Indigenous groups asked the National Energy Board this week to take into consideration existing and future impacts…

Opinion: The dilemma over electricity rates and innovation

TORONTO - For more than 100 years, Canadian electricity companies had a very simple mandate: provide reliable, safe power to…

Quebec Halts Crypto Mining Electricity Requests

MONTREAL - Major Canadian electricity provider Hydro-Québec will temporarily stop processing requests from cryptocurrency miners in order for the company…

Nunavut's electricity price hike explained

Nunavut - Ahead of the Nunavut government's approval of the general rate increase for the Qulliq Energy Corporation, many Nunavummiut…

Salmon and electricity at center of Columbia River treaty negotiations

VANCOUVER - With talks underway between Canada and the U.S. on the future of the Columbia River Treaty, the B.C.…

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